This "installer" will get you Sabayon instead of Gentoo.
Thanks but not as long as I live.
Tried Sabayon twice: CRAP!
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I would like that.
Last time i used gentoo installer ( in 2008 i think ), I found it very useful for partitioning, formatting, and mounting the new partitions on their mount points. After that i'm going in console (for extracting and chrooting).
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And it does not install Sabayon. It is a Gentoo installer, it installs via portage, ebuilds and sources._________________Brian
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The ostatic link is dead now.
But I remember that it said it would install sabayon binaries to speed things up.
Then later you could do emerge world to compile things for your machine.
If you belong to the "click,click,done" crowd go ahead.
Gerard._________________To install Gentoo I use sysrescuecd.Based on Gentoo,has firefox to browse Gentoo docs and mc to browse (and edit) files.
The same disk can be used for 32 and 64 bit installs.
You can follow the Handbook verbatim.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Download

If it uses default C/LD/USE-Flags, which one is too lazy too change, there goes the optimization/individualization, so what's the point, why not just use Fedora or something like that?

On the other hand, if it'll support something like RH's kickstart with user defined profiles, that may be helpfull._________________++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.

i really like this idea. as i said in one of my previous posts. i appreciate after using arch and soon i will attempt a gentoo install stage 3 to learn. gentoo's way of life and doing things with cli etc

But alot of people could use this idea for quicker installations, and as an introduction to gentoo without the cli area.

like, even archlinux these days with a netinstall. or even normal has 95% of packages installable/selectable from a menu that are needed to get to a graphical interface. all you really do is add a user and setup X.Org + a phew config edits, now its not the prettiest gui, but its not cli

or u can do it all via command lines if you wish

Basically what im saying is id love to see this anaconda option as an official addition to the gentoo livedvd. or someone dishing out an iso with this preinstalled

My opinion is the same opinion I have for most GUIish/hand-holding alternatives. If it enhances usability without sacrificing functionality, I'd at least be interested in seeing it in action._________________Stratman4300

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I suspect this project is unlikely to be included on the official media for the same reasons the last installer project died - no one will be interested enough to maintain it in the long term and no one will be interested in supporting users who aren't interested in performing a handbook install._________________http://gentoo-wiki.com :: http://lug.org.uk :: http://www.linux.org/groups/ :: User Blogs

I'm a little more confident that the installer could make the official media but when it breaks, I think the support response will be to do the handbook install simply because picking up the pieces of an automatic install, even one building from sources will still be difficult.

All the long term helpers on the forums are accustomed to handbook installs and common pitfalls. That body of knowledge exists and will not be completely transferable to the Anaconda based installer.

I will play with the installer in a VM when its around._________________Regards,

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i think the problem won't comes from the installer itself, previous one was buggy, but it has work for many users, but the real problem is that IT HAS work for them where they should had never install that distro.

A nice gentoo installer will target at having users blindly click [next] and end with a fresh gentoo.
But what can we do when they try to maintain it with 0 knowledge of linux ? Because you won't have a program where they can hit [next] and their problem are gone.

It's something to help users install their distro, it's something else to see : "where i type that?", "in console", "where is console?"

Giving gentoo to the mass is promoting gentoo, that's great ! But alas, this will also gave users a bad feeling about it, because no, they will never be able to use it by just hit [next] button and they will get mad at trying. That's what the installer will falsely tell them. And that's what the handbook is really telling them : not that hard, but you need a minimum linux knowledge.